Magazine Features

Basic Instincts
Bob Douglas
November 30, 2009

Getting too close to one’s musical heroes can be hazardous. The importance of his music in your own lore is of no significance to the artist, and there is a distinct possibility that you won... View This

By Any Other Name
John Thomas
September 19, 2009

From the early 1900s to the 1940s, Chicago’s Carl and August Larson created some of the most forward thinking, innovative acoustic guitars, mandolins and harp guitars ever made. That said... View This

Sound Investment
Abigail Washburn
September 19, 2009

Alison Brown’s resume is diverse, to say the least. She’s a Harvard grad, an MBA, a former investment banker and now one of the best banjo players in the country (and the owner of... View This

Hot and Cold Cycles
Brian Fisher
September 19, 2009

In a former speakeasy in New York City’s Greenwich Village, guitar builder Rick Kelly builds some of most coveted Telecaster-inspired guitars around. Brian Fisher takes a visit to Kelly... View This

000-401K
Steve Krieger
August 19, 2009

FJ reader Steve Krieger purchased a guitar oddity: a beat-up 1970 Martin 000-28 with Brazilian rosewood back and sides, built a year after the company supposedly stopped building... View This